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Bitterness Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
- In struggling for human dignity the oppressed people of the world must not allow themselves to become bitter or indulge in hate campaigns. To retaliate…
- The end of violence or the aftermath of violence is bitterness. The aftermath of nonviolence is reconciliation and the creation of a beloved community. A…
- The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind. It destroys communities and makes humanity impossible. It creates bitterness in the survivors…
- Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than…
- The way of acquiescence leads to moral and spiritual suicide. The way of violence leads to bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.…
- It is better to be the recipient of violence than the inflicter of it, since the latter only multiplies the existence of violence and bitterness…
- Love is creative and redemptive. Love builds up and unites; hate tears down and destroys. The aftermath of the ‘fight with fire’ method...is bitterness and…
- Violence ends up defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.
- When a nation becomes obsessed with the guns of war, it loses its social perspective.... There is something about a war like this that makes…
- Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.
- Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.
- As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with…
- Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
- If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of…
- In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for…
More Bitterness Quotes
- Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but… — Marcus Aurelius
- This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. — Francis Bacon
- Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter. — Francis Bacon
- Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent. — Jan Peter Balkenende
- If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope… — Joseph Addison
- There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal those wounds. — Allen Boyd
- People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just makes you… — Jo Brand
- I think my comedy, the put-downs I do to hecklers, are the accumulated bitterness of years of people feeling that it's perfectly… — Jo Brand
- Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost. — Terry Brooks
- Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses. — Robert Burton
- How hard, how bitter it is to become a man! — Albert Camus
- O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault! — Dante Alighieri